bear down

verbs

exert a force with a heavy weight

"The snow bore down on the roof"

bear down, bear down on, drag down, press down on, weigh down

contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery

bear down, overbear

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

"he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

bear down, charge

exert full strength

"The pitcher bore down"

bear down

domain category

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

baseball, baseball game

is a type of (narrower)

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

"the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

contend, fight, struggle

pay special attention to

"The lectures bore down on the political background"

bear down

is a type of (narrower)

to stress, single out as important

"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress

exert a force or cause a strain upon

"This tax bears down on the lower middle class"

bear down

is a type of (narrower)

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

burden, charge, saddle